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Jabbed vs Jibbed - What's the difference?

jabbed | jibbed |

As verbs the difference between jabbed and jibbed

is that jabbed is past tense of jab while jibbed is past tense of jib.

jabbed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (jab)

    • jab

    English

    (wikipedia jab)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A quick stab or blow
  • (boxing) A short straight punch.
  • * '>citation
    • American Ward was too quick and too slick for his British rival, landing at will with razor sharp jabs and hooks and even bullying Froch at times.
  • (British) A medical injection.
    • Our dog was exposed to rabies, so the whole family went to a clinic to get our jabs .
  • (US, figurative) A verbal annoyance.

    • Derived terms

    * jabby

    Verb

    (jabb)
  • To poke or thrust abruptly, or to make such a motion.
  • To deliver a quick punch.
  • (slang, UK) To give someone an injection

    • jibbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (jib)

    • jib

    English

    Etymology 1

    (wikipedia jib)

    Alternative forms

    * jibe (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A triangular staysail set forward of the foremast. In a sloop (see image) the basic jib reaches back roughly to the level of the mast.
  • (nautical) Usually with a modifier, any of a variety of specialty triangular staysails set forward of the foremast.
  • The projecting arm of a crane
  • (metonymy) A crane used for mounting and moving a video camera
  • An object that is used for performing tricks while skiing, snowboarding, skateboarding, inline skating, or biking. These objects are usually found in a terrain park or skate park.
    • Derived terms
    * cut of one’s jib * flying jib * genoa jib * inner jib * jib header * jib headed * jib topsail * outer jib * storm jib

    See also

    * asymmetrical spinnaker * blooper * deck sweeper * drifter * genoa

    Etymology 2

    Of uncertain origin.

    Verb

    (jibb)
  • Of a horse, to stop and refuse to go forward.
  • (figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.
  • * 1992 , (Hilary Mantel), A Place of Greater Safety , Harper Perennial 2007, pp. 401-2:
    • Some of us began to jib when the family began to collect portraits of their new son to decorate their walls [...].
  • * 2002 , , The Great Nation , Penguin 2003, p. 318:
    • The Parlement scarcely jibbed .